Here's a welcome and thorough article reporting on the positive effects SL has had on residents whose RL selves are physically disabled. The piece mentions Fez Rutherford's intriguing work as documented on 2nDisability, where he attempts to understand the limitations of some physical impairments by modeling them in SL.The article also talks about the experiences of David Wallace and Simon Stevens, in the context of finding an SL wheelchair. If any of you know Simon, please have him contact David to help him procure his own wheelchair!
I'm happy that there are others out there who see the life-augmenting potential of SL, which can only grow in breadth and depth as the platform matures. The previously-posted machinima by Robbie Dingo sums it up rather sweetly.
(Via eurekastreet.com.au)
1. I loved this article for a few different reasons....but the biggest one was that it is so nice to see things covered that are not sex/drugs & rock and roll related....not that I don't love all those things but SL does have great things to offer people if they just look for them hard enough......maybe past all the system requirements :/
Posted at 1:45PM on May 3rd 2007 by Haver Cole